Here's the latest map of control in Syria ... government's fall and tearing down statues of Hafez al-Assad. Notably, Damascus and its countryside is shaded opposition green for the first time ...

The streets of Damascus are uncharacteristically empty on Saturday night, Zaina Shahla, a 42-year-old journalist living in the centre of the Syrian capital, tells the BBC. After a "normal" morning ...

We could hear chanting. Someone was waving a rebel flag. Overnight news that Damascus had fallen and Syria's president had fled spurred Syrians in Lebanon to rush to Masnaa, the border crossing ...